Chilean's in Madrid: Augusto D'Halmar

Abstract

This third paper on "Chileans in Madrid" is dedicated exclusively to Augusto D'Halmar, who, during the fifteen years he lived in Madrid (1918-1934), was an active participant in the Spanish capital 's cultural life. In Madrid he published various novels, among them one of the most accomplished, La Pasión y Muerte del cura Deusto (The Passion and Death ofFather Deusto). He also gave conferences in the Ateneo, was a member of literary groups, worked as a journalist for several years in Informaciones, one of the most important daily papers of the period, became a good friend of several Spanish writers, etc. 7his intense activity was interrupted by the onset of the Civil War and his subsequent return to Chile.